Western Australia Tourist Region
Hearsons Cove is a small beach surrounded by steep rugged hills of the Burrup Peninsula. It faces into Nichol Bay, on the opposite side of the peninsula to Withnell Bay. Between May and October, Hearsons Cove is one of the few places where you can see the phenomenon called the Staircase to the Moon, where … Read more
Withnell Bay is a beach in the north-western area of Western Australia and is on the south-western edge of the Murujuga National Park. The beach is about 300m of high tide sand with two sections of rock breaking it up and a rock ledge and mangroves bordering it. Following the signs to Withnell Bay takes … Read more
The North West Shelf Gas Project is one of the most advanced integrated gas production systems in the world. Located nearly 1300km north of Perth on Withnell Bay near the port of Dampier. The visitor centre gives a fantastic overview of the NWS (North West Shelf) Gas Project and the facilities associated with it. The … Read more
Stargazers Campground is in the Millstream Chichester National Park and is open during the drier tourist season. The campsite has toilets, picnic tables, and gas BBQs available for use. Generators are not permitted at Stargazers Campground. With 15 camp sites, Stargazers Campground is smaller than the Miliyanha Campground and isn’t suitable for larger caravans. Miliyanha … Read more
Miliyanha Campground is in the Millstream Chichester National Park and is the closest campsite to Millstream Homestead . The campground has 27 campsites and is open all year round. It is suitable for all types of camping from tents to camper trailers and caravans. Fresh water is available at the campground, however, it is untreated … Read more
The Millstream Chichester National Park is in Western Australia, previously two separate parks and joined as a single national park in 1982. Millstream was a pastoral land from the 1800s situated at the upper side of the Chichester Range. Millstream was named by an explorer, FT Gregory. Gregory reported it as a good grazing area … Read more
Deep Reach Pool in the Millstream Chichester National Park is a permanent water pool fed by an aquifer beneath the park keeping the water levels maintained during the dry. The Deep Reach Day Use Area has the facilities to make a day of visiting Deep Reach Pool with disabled access toilets, gas BBQs and picnic … Read more
The Millstream Homestead was built in 1919 on the pastoral station established in the late 1800s. The name comes from explorer Francis Thomas Gregory when he named Millstream Creek in 1861, noting it had enough water to operate a large mill. A lease in 1865 started with sheep and the station continued with sheep for … Read more
Located in the Chichester Range in Western Australia, Python Pool is a seasonal freshwater pool. It is in the Millstream-Chichester Range National Park, south of Roebourne and on the way to Millstream. The water pool is seasonal, however, there is usually water there all year round. During the dry season without water flow, Python Pool … Read more
The Emma Withnell Heritage Trail is in Western Australia. The trail is not an official tourist drive but is a 52km driving trail to a number of points of interest for tourists. The trail is named after Emma Mary Withnell who is known as the ‘Mother of the North-West’ and the ‘first lady of the … Read more
